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In 1956, a teenage girl working on a small island off the coast of Reykjavík goes missing. The investigation leads nowhere, and the case eventually goes cold. Thirty years later, during the city’s 200th anniversary celebrations, a journalist reopens the case in the hopes of finally uncovering what Read the Post
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that one of my guilty pleasures is podcasts. I subscribe to around fifty of them, but I don’t listen to every episode that comes out. Some I only download if the topic catches my interest. But then there are the others, the ones I Read the Post
Every year, it feels like spring shows up a little earlier than it’s supposed to. Over the weekend, I went for a walk and noticed cherry blossom trees already in bloom. It's only March 2! How is this happening? Didn’t the groundhog see his shadow? Aren’t we still supposed to be firmly planted in Read the Post
After losing her job and turning down her boyfriend’s proposal, Rhea Wolfe learns that the grandmother she never knew has died and left her an inheritance. That inheritance turns out to be a rundown video store in the small town of Arcadia Falls, as well as the revelation that Rhea herself has Read the Post
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is Quotes From/About Books. There are endless Read the Post
Glaciologist Rachael Beckett is on a research expedition in Antarctica when disaster strikes. After losing contact with her base camp and failing to get a signal on her satellite phone, she realizes she’s completely cut off from the rest of her team. It’s the depths of winter, a storm is raging Read the Post
In the struggling town of Beartown, hockey is everything. The town’s junior hockey team is the best it has been in years, and a championship win could finally put Beartown on the map and revive the struggling town. But when a serious accusation is made against the team’s star player, both the future Read the Post
Brie Careful What You Wish For is the latest installment in the Grilled Cheese Mysteries, a cozy mystery series centered on grilled cheese restaurant owner Carly Hale, and the alarming number of dead bodies that keep turning up in her small town of Balsam Dell. This time around, Ross Baxter, a local Read the Post
January is usually the month that feels like it drags on forever. After all the December festivities, returning to my everyday routine can feel like a bit of a letdown. Somehow, though, this January didn’t feel like that for me at all. The month flew by, and I can’t believe it’s already Read the Post
Vivian Miller is a CIA analyst tasked with identifying and locating Russian sleeper cells. When she gains access to a potential Russian operative’s computer, what she discovers sets off a chain of events that threatens not only her career, but her family as well. This book was equal parts Read the Post
